Real-time tissue elastography for the detection of vulnerable carotid plaques in patients undergoing endarterectomy: A pilot study

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 705-712

  Liu, Fengju ^a   Yong, Qiang ^a   Zhang, Qinyi ^a   Liu, Peng ^b   Yang, Yuguang ^b  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA JAPAN FRIENDSHIP HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery plaque; Elasticity imaging techniques; Elastography; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MEDICAL IMAGING; STRAIN; TISSUE; ULTRASONICS;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMIES; EFFECTIVE APPROACHES; ELASTICITY IMAGING; ELASTOGRAPHY; HIGH DEFORMABILITY;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

AGED; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; ENDARTERECTOMY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOSIS; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CAROTID STENOSIS; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CAROTID STENOSIS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84922907209     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2014.10.007     Document Type: Article

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